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 Bundschuh [highlows].Bun’galow (Indian). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bung.
 
A cant term for a toper. “Away, … you filthy bung,” says Doll to Pistol. (2 Henry IV., ii. 4.)   1
   Brother Bung. A cant term for a publican.   2
   Bung up. Close up, as a bung closes a cask.   3
 


 Bundschuh [highlows].Bun’galow (Indian). 

 
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